Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

MAAA80A0 NAAM-
"hnf ihe Ceutraetsrs en- she Seattle.
Aahe shsrs ana Nasfsrn are Bs-
aDG Ten Miles mere kee.
Preparations foE active WORK aEsns
The line 81 the seatsle, Lake shore and
Eastern Railway are going actively
ahsad. Yesterday afternoon, While
making his daily rounds, the n portsI
shanosd 10 mees
WATSON ALLKH,
Of The frm Of Allen a Nelson, which
arm has the sortract for furnishfre
6oOO piles for the line along the wateI
ifont extending from YsaieF's wharf "a
Smtih's Cove, distance Of some 1900
Rect In answer 20 tia question a. q
what bis aFm vas doing in ths way Of
getting o1t the timbsR, Mr.. Allen said:
we viii carry cut tbs conditions Of soc
contract TO the Letter, and have COT
oar aEFaRRements all perfected. MARY
o. she oil : are nov IN the vnier, and
the remainder are being cut and hauled.
Three Thousand will come from HsndeF
son Bay, I've thousSnd from Lakew WASH
inQt0D, and oBs thousand from oar own
camp 81 Grshan's place, lust above
Csrdm0ofe. We will not keep the work
back e1e hour, bat will furnish The tim
Der faster than II car be driven.
JOSEPH sUHBEa,
or the arm Of SorbeF 4 Esean, was
next Interviewed. Mr.. SurbeF said:
Since Frank and myself eOt the con
tract OF baildin0 the pile tEestle for the
Seattle Lake Shore and Eastern, from
Yeslsr's wharf 10 Smiths Cove, I have
been 'roundine-up' my stray pile
drivers. not for the purpose Of branding
them, bus for the purpose Of putting
them IN 1rst class order. ! hsve suo-
cseeed Ia finding three, which are ready
to 70 into comDission, and am having 9
Dsv one built. Il will be The best pile
driver on Puget Sound when eompletsd.
| vas In hopes 70 BE- able 10 commence
driving piles on Monday. bat II this
Wind osutiDues We will not be able to
do anything. In fact, We expected Q
boom Of piles by this time, bat the
water has been 90 rough that the raft
could not be toved 10 this city. when
We get cor four drivers 10 work ve will
set those piles on end mighty fast"
CAPT. \. n. cAK1,
Business manager aud attorney for
Aessrs. Anderson a Larsen. was found
az bis oftice, busily engaged 10 writing
cut dsBufreF OF motion 10 be filed in
court en- Monday, bat very kindly laid
by bis pen and law books 10 snsxeF
some questions IN regard 20 the CON
tractors be Fepr ssnis. Mr.. Carr said:
'AessFs. Anderson d Larsen sre old and
experience d railroad contractors. They
had several large contracts on the Gas
cade division Of she Northern. They
came on 10 that road from the Canadian
Paeihs. In fact. they may be cIassed aa
practical railroad men, with = COED out.
a. and fair capital. They have taken
q i've mile contract on the Seattle.
Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, TO de-
everything except the bridge work, and
AZ soon a. Mr.. Sheafe, the General
Manager Of the PUGET Sound Con true
tisB Company, returns fron tbs East to
sign the contract, they will take an I'D
ditional ten mile section. The details
have all been arranged. and ell that il
nov necessary is for Mr.. shsafe TO sign
the contract. The engineering work on
their i've mile section will be completed
on Monday. They nov have IS men al
work aud have cleared the right Of way
for half q mile. On Tuesday they will
have 80 men Il work. Their main
camp ~ established At the bridge about
two and half milee from the portage.
They will establish another camp near
the east end Of their section. and pot on
100 additional men to work there THIS
secttsn OF the road will be ready for the
track BY May 18th, fully one month be-
fore the expiration % the time allowed
Meesrs. Anderson a Lafsen TO complste
their first section. By tie 6fst OF A I'll
they expect TO be at work on the ten
mile section spoken Of above, and be
finished b. July 18th, thus completing
The fifst twenty miles OF the road by the
middle OF Jnly. / understand Kerns
Brothers, Whs have the hrst
section from the Cove 10 Union Bay,
sent their outfit 90 the scene Of opera
tons Yesterday. | also understand
these gentlemen have sublet q portion
Of their contract TO Lee. aud that he,
too. has sent hia outfit Ovet TO the line
OF the road. THIS man Lee had large
sub contract on the Cascade Division
under Bennett, on this side Of the Cas-
cades. He vas considered q good rail
road man, Who always paid bis iaber-
ere. The ksrns Brothers are A rail
road men; this IL their reputation on
the Northern, where they have been
contracting for long time. This IL all
! can tn NIX Z now, except that know
tie Seattle, Lake shore a Eastern Is
goine TO be pushed Fieht through. The
last talk had with Mr.. Sheafs be told
me that be would retarn from the Est,
whore be has gone 10 boy material fer
the road, IN about three weeks, when be
would let by contract all the work laid
Qua by the engineers on the FIRST forty
miles Of the line"